Water, water EVERYWHERE

WATER ... it is really taking a toll on our little community and all the surrounding areas. As of last night, the only way Will could get to work is if he drove 5 miles north, 40 miles west, then back down about 10 miles. Not quite economical with the gas prices at $4 a gallon.

It truly is just devastating to see the great amount of effort all the locals are putting into try to salvage belonging and homes.

We personally are NOT affected at all but ache for those that are. The pictures that you see in the newspaper and on TV are truly gut-wrenching, especially if you are aware of how the area is when there is no standing water.

*The following photos were taken from my helicopter.*


This is a picture looking toward Mayflower, a dorm in Iowa City.

Here is the top of the great carousel at City Park. The smaller top is of the airplanes!
Notice the tops of the swing sets in the lower left?

This is of the Coralville Reservoir/Dam. Usually the left is NOT anywhere near that high. In the bottom of the picture, that is the spillway. It was pretty big news when the water started to flow over the spillway two nights ago. In 1993, the spillway water unearthed the neat find of fossils that our kids have enjoyed exploring. See the group of trees in the center? That is for camping, completely surrounded by water.

This is Park Road and Dubuque Street. If you know the area, you would know that the water is well beyond its usual banks.

The water is not to crest until next Friday, that is quite a ways to go yet.
Cedar Rapids downtown area is completely underwater.
Very, very sad! After such a crazy year for winter ... I think we all thought that we would have a little lighter of a summer.